Pop. 129,019. A town in the Reg. Mun. of York on the HumberR., formed in 1971 by regional government.

Part of Vaughan T. was annexed to Richmond Hill, and the Town of Woodbridge and parts of King T. amalgamated with the T. of Vaughan to form the Town of Vaughan.

The township was named after Benjamin Vaughan, one of the negotiators of the peace treaty with the United States in 1783. (His inept negotiations cost Canada vast territories in the Ohio and Mississippi valleys).